Polycampus in Colombo 6 Offers an excellent pathway for School Leavers especially young girls, to graduate, live and work in Australia
Polycampus Pvt Ltd is a Joint Venture between the renown Sri Lankan vocational institute, Polytechnic and the leading Study Abroad company, Edlocate. Polytechnic established in 1901 is the first private business college in Sri Lanka that catered to young women just out of secondary school study communication skills, business correspondence, secretarial management including shorthand & typing, book keeping and accounting in order to enter the work force. The century long heritage that the POLY offers combined with the expertise that EDLOCATE offers is the perfect combination that will enable young school leavers to reach the above goal – through an excellent career of an Early Childhood (EC) Teacher.
POLYCAMPUS will deliver for the first time in Sri Lanka, the NVQ Level 5 Diploma – “Early Childhood Development Education” – (ECDE) - course. This ECDE is a national diploma with the curriculum accredited and approved by Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (TVEC) of Sri Lanka and validated by NAITA. Polycampus is currently the only institute accredited to conduct this course by TVEC. It is a 1.5 years full time course. Hence it is ideal for school leaving young girls desirous of entering into a rewarding career which can lead to live and work in Australia.
The first course commencement at Polycampus at 30 Galle Road Colombo 6, is scheduled for midJanuary 2024. It is open for enrolment for those with GCE A/L 3 passes at one and the same sitting. Students could also enrol with predicted results.
The academic component of the diploma course is of 1 year duration followed by 6 months of industrial training at recognised Early Learning Centres in Colombo. During this phase of the course, Polycampus will provide training and coaching to students to sit IELTS Academic test as this is a requirement to enrol in the degree course at University of South Australia (UniSA).
Those successfully completing the diploma are offered automatic enrolment in year 2 of the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Hons) degree course at UniSA in Adelaide, Australia. This is a course of 4 years duration but the students with the ECED diploma could complete it in 3 years. The course encompasses students to get hands-on experience with 110 days of field-based placements in Early Learning Centres in South Australia throughout the degree. At the end of the second year of this degree, students will be diploma qualified and thus able to do paid work in early childhood settings and in “Out of School Hours Care” (OSHC) while they complete the degree. Upon graduation with a bachelor degree in Early Childhood Education, the graduates can apply for registration as EC Teachers in Australia.
The Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Honours) course at UniSA meets the Teachers Registration Board of South Australia (the Board) requirements for the purpose of teacher registration in South Australia and the requirements of the national approach to the Accreditation of Initial Teacher Education Programmes in Australia.
Prof Anne-Marie Morgan - Dean of Programmes (Education Futures) of the University of South Australia – a renowned academic in the field of Early Childhood Education will be in Sri Lanka in November. She will deliver a public lecture at the Polycampus – inauguration event on 6th November at Cinnamon Grand The Atrium Lobby from 5pm to 6.30pm. She will also conduct one on one interviews with prospective students and parents on 7th from 3pm to 6pm at Polycampus. Those interested to attend these two events (to get confirmed invitations) or details about the course are required to contact Primali on 0773037303 or 0112581897.